Commission (EFCC), Danjuma Mohammed, was shot dead today in the
Gwarimpa area of Abuja by assassins who invaded his home. Mohammed, a
Deputy Superintendent of Police who worked as an investigator with the
Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), was a close associate of the
exiled former EFCC Chairman, Nuhu Ribadu.
He was also one of the first casualties of the power play in the EFCC when Mrs. Farida Waziri took
over the reigns of the commission three years ago. Along with Ibrahim
Magu and several other experienced investigators at the EFCC, Mohammed
was sent back to the police by Mrs. Waziri..
But Saharareporters sources said the FIRS found Mohammed to be a
valuable tool and had recruited him to engage in investigating and
prosecuting tax defaulters. He reportedly met stiff resistance in the
department handling the job in the FIRS before he undertook its
reorganization.
Mohammed's assassination would be the second against financial crimes
investigators. In November 2009, Abubakar Umar, a lawyer and special
assistant to Ahmeed Al Mustapha, registrar of the Corporate Affairs
Commission (CAC), was found brutally assassinated and burned in his car
in Abuja. Abubakar had been trailed by unknown assailants after he left
work. He was abducted, shot to death, and set ablaze. His badly burnt
body was found near Utako Market in the opposite direction of his
residence in Maitama. Before he was killed, Abuabakar had had some
disagreements with the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Usman Bayero Nafada, over land ownership.
Police claim they are looking into this case, but such proclamations in past assassinations have amounted to nothing.
over the reigns of the commission three years ago. Along with Ibrahim
Magu and several other experienced investigators at the EFCC, Mohammed
was sent back to the police by Mrs. Waziri..
But Saharareporters sources said the FIRS found Mohammed to be a
valuable tool and had recruited him to engage in investigating and
prosecuting tax defaulters. He reportedly met stiff resistance in the
department handling the job in the FIRS before he undertook its
reorganization.
Mohammed's assassination would be the second against financial crimes
investigators. In November 2009, Abubakar Umar, a lawyer and special
assistant to Ahmeed Al Mustapha, registrar of the Corporate Affairs
Commission (CAC), was found brutally assassinated and burned in his car
in Abuja. Abubakar had been trailed by unknown assailants after he left
work. He was abducted, shot to death, and set ablaze. His badly burnt
body was found near Utako Market in the opposite direction of his
residence in Maitama. Before he was killed, Abuabakar had had some
disagreements with the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Usman Bayero Nafada, over land ownership.
Police claim they are looking into this case, but such proclamations in past assassinations have amounted to nothing.
RELATED ASSASSINATION:
The family of late Abuabakar Abba Umar is offering N10m to anyone who provides information leading to the arrest of his killers. Abuabakar Abba Umar until his
death was an Assistant Director and the Special Assistant to the
registrar general at the Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja. Mr Umar
was also a board member of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission.
He was trailed by trailed by his assailants on 11th November 2009 who
shot him and burnt him in his Toyota Camry car. An autopsy carried out
at the National Hospital Abuja revealed a bullet wound in his skull.
Initially, the police believed that it was accident. However, after the
autopsy report was released, some suspects were arrested but no
breakthrough was made in finding his killers. .
The family of the later Umar is offering the N10m in an effort to
assist the law enforcement agencies in apprehending his killers. Anyone
with useful information should contact the
mobile number: 0706 7868 334 or email abuabba67@yahoo.co.uk
death was an Assistant Director and the Special Assistant to the
registrar general at the Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja. Mr Umar
was also a board member of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission.
He was trailed by trailed by his assailants on 11th November 2009 who
shot him and burnt him in his Toyota Camry car. An autopsy carried out
at the National Hospital Abuja revealed a bullet wound in his skull.
Initially, the police believed that it was accident. However, after the
autopsy report was released, some suspects were arrested but no
breakthrough was made in finding his killers. .
The family of the later Umar is offering the N10m in an effort to
assist the law enforcement agencies in apprehending his killers. Anyone
with useful information should contact the
mobile number: 0706 7868 334 or email abuabba67@yahoo.co.uk
